The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Willie Burton Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Located at the end of Norwood Blanchard Road (SR 1970) just before you get to Deep Bottom Road on the left side up a dirt path Gate locked have to walk 1/10 mile
This is an African American Cemetery
View Google map here.
View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.78063 N
77.82205 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Gertrude B. Spearman
Mar 29 1916
Dec 8 1999
Willie W. Spearman
Jun 25 1915
Jun 2 2006
Hayes Burton Jr
Apr 29 1930
Nov 27 1990
W. Hayes Burton
Apr 23 1906
Aug 22 2004
Hattie J. Burton
Apr 28 1906
Nov 2 1984
Willie A. Burton
Dec 19 1913
May 14 1999
FS
Willie A. Burton
US Army
World War II
Dec 19 1913
May 14 1999
Adgie W. Burton
Oct 2 1924
Oct 3 1984
Ethel Burton Graves
May 7 1908
Jan 9 1973
Neal Graves
North Carolina
PVT US Army
World War I
Oct 10 1895
Feb 12 1970
Mamie B Whitehead
Jun 15 1911
Sep 9 1977
FS
Mamie B
wife of
Johnson Whitehead
Jun 15 1911
Sep 9 1977
Bera S. Gibson
May 30 1924
Feb 20 2001
James H. Scarborough
Apr 1 1921
Aug 1 1996
Neomia S. Pickett
Sep 6 1913
Jun 3 1994
Lillie B. Burton
Aug 5 1884
Jul 23 1991
Richard Burton
1866
Mar 29 1950
Ward Scarborough
Dec 25 1907
Nov 29 1989
Queen Scarborough
Apr 30 1911
Apr 20 2007
Willie L. Scarborough
Jan 6 1909
Mar 26 1985
MM
Unreadable
MM
Mrs. Carrie B. Brown
1925-1978
MM
Mr. (Henry?) Hill James
1938
Dec 10, 1988
age 50
Mable K. Scarborough
1908-1990
Sebron M. Scarborough
1905-1990
Hattie L Dixon
Jan 9 1934
Dec 21 2007
Ashley Scarborough Jr
Jul 30 1942
Sep 5 1978
Martha L. Scarborough
Sep 16 1896
Mar 11 1997
Lenell Scarborough
Dec 7 1953
May 23 2009
Charlie McNeal Thomas
Jan 4 1943
Sep 2 2004
Robert Thomas Jr
Feb 28 1934
May 7 2000
Georgia P. Thomas
Nov 4 1939
Nov 26 1999
Evelene Bryant Fillyaw
Aug 17 1951
Dec 31 2003
Monroe Bryant Jr
Jan 26 1931
Sep 2 1999
FS
Monroe Bryant Jr
PFC
US Army
Jan 26 1931
Sep 2 1999
MM
Johnnie Mitchel
1948-2006
MM
Mrs. Beatrice Middleton
1905-1998
Mary Brown
Oct 6 1872
Sep 9 1920
Mary Virginia Taylor
Aug 23 1923
Jan 16 1983
Floyetta Bryant
Mar 5 1920
Feb 15 1945
James M. Bryant
Jan 25 1955
Dec 28 1987
Sylvester Bryant
Aug 15 1956
Jun 7 1995
FS
Sylvester "Bud" Bryant
SPC 4 US Army
Aug 15 1956
Jun 7 1995
James Edward Bryant
Nov 23 1932
Jul 17 2006
Davis B. Williams
Jul 1 1897
Jul 8 2002
Willie Williams
Feb 3 1883
Mar 2 1969
James Taylor
Mar 1 1935
Sep 27 1996
Barbara A. T. Fennell
Dec 3 1950
Nov 12 1982
Double Stone
Taylor
Richard
Jan 24 1947
Feb 3 1974
John W.
Nov 17 1896
Feb 15 1953
Erie B. Taylor
Jun 18 1915
Jan 28 2007
James M. Bryant Sr
Jun 26 1896
Jul 8 1984
Clara A. Bryant
Dec 29 1905
Jun 9 1961
Clara B
wife of
Monroe J. Bryant
Dec 29 1905
Jun 9 1961
Cardelia McNeal
Nov 13 1912
Apr 11 1951
Sallie Kenon Savage
1879-1949
Nancy A. Judge Reddick
daughter of
Andrew and Mary Judge
Mar 7 1875
Nov 19 1958
Emanuel Spearman Jr
PFC US Army
Oct 11 1953
Jan 23 2006
Rodolph Spearman
Jan 30 1903
Jun 16 1967
Emanuel J Spearman Sr
Jul 1 1933
Dec 15 2008
Roosevelt H. James
Aug 28 1931
Jun 21 1994
Hettie M. Spearman
Nov 1 1912
Aug 23 2002
Donnie Mae Claiborne
Jun 10 1905
Apr 8 1996
Roy Henry Judge
US Army
World War II
Jun 30 1920
May 8 2004
Jessie L. Judge
Oct 18 1920
Sep 7 1983
Currie M. Jackson
Dec 15 1913
Jun 1 1998
Double Stone
Judge-James
Mattie Teachey Judge
May 17 1881
May 20 1974
Connie Teachey James
May 7 1883
Jun 25 1997
Rena J. Hall
Apr 30 1911
Sep 4 1983
Beatrice Poindexter
Nov 21 1949
Apr 13 2008
Junius Hall
May 22 1917
Feb 23 1957
Lizzie J. Thomas
Jun 10 1916
Jan 14 1996
Marvin W. Grice
Nov 26 1914
Jan 21 1958
Stacey James
Jul 21 1927
Mar 24 2003
MM
Davie R. Faison
1982-2006
Unreadable Stone
Unreadable Stone
Willie H. Judge
Feb 14 1915
May 18 1988
Evelyn Parks
Jun 10 1946
Jun 7 1992
Melinda M. Judge
Jun 5 19??
Jun 27 19??
stone is broken and years missing
Jermaine Kendall Barnes
Jul 12 1972
Dec 15 1999
Edroe Teachey
PFC US Army
Jun 10 1926
Jun 25 1976
Mary S. Teachey
Oct 10 1898
Nov 23 1985
John E. Teachey
Jun 30 1894
Jan 11 1979
Lillian H Teachey
Ma? 20 1901
Feb 14 1979
can't read if May or March
Thelma J Brinkly
Jul 13 1953
Apr 20 2010
Larvella James
Mar 14 1925
Dec 29 1943
Bessie J. Fillyaw
Aug 7 1907
Oct 29 2004
MM
Donald R Morrisey
1959-2009
Wesley Spearman
Aug 1870
Jul 29 1928
MM
Juanita B. Robinson
1908-2002
Jimmy Carter
Nov 22 1949
Mar 5 2002
MM
Sallie Spearman
1928-2007
Triple Stone
Spearman
Daughter
Nancy Ann
Apr 25 1963
Nov 24 1999
Father
Curtis
Sep 8 1929
Mar 12 2004
Mother
Sallie Ann
Apr 25 1928
Jun 21 2007
Frink Children
Anthony 6
Kieona 4
Kawanna 3
Katrell 1
Died
Feb 29 1984
Evelyn Farrior
Apr 2 1933
Sep 20 2002
No photo:
William H. Teachey
Mar 20 1901
Feb 14 1979
Edna Dail Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Edna.
Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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